LONDON 1913 - 1914 Openwork silver-mounted horn libation dish depicting a rooster au naturel appearing to be pecking, its beak close to the ground. It is engraved on the top of the neck in Gothic letters on an amati background with an excerpt from Book II of Montaigne's Essays: "nec facilis victoria de madidis, et Blaesis, atque mero titubantibus" (it is not easy to win over those who are soaked in wine and stagger under its effect). Repoinçonné to the swan PB. 888.27 g - H. 25 cm - L. 28 cm